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A police officer was hit by a car during a traffic stop involving a stolen vehicle in Brooklyn, authorities said Saturday. Officers from the NYPD’s Anti-Crime Unit had stopped the car shortly after 10:45 p.m. Friday near Riverdale Avenue and Chester Street in Brownsville, after suspecting it was stolen, police said. At some point during the stop, the 28-year-old man behind the wheel drove the car onto the sidewalk in an alleged getaway attempt — striking the police officer in the process, authorities said. The cop then fired his service weapon into the car, shattering a window, which injured the driver, police said. He was taken to an area hospital for treatment of his injuries. The police officer was also taken to a local hospital for “severe bruising to right leg.” The driver and his 28-year-old female passenger were taken into police custody. It wasn’t immediately clear if the car was, in fact, stolen. Charges against the suspects were pending. … [Read more...] about Police officer struck by vehicle during traffic stop in Brooklyn

Alleged subway saboteur Isaiah Thompson was sprung from the Tombs early Saturday morning, records show. Thompson’s mother had been working late into Friday night to raise the necessary funds to free her 23-year-old son from Manhattan Detention Complex. His bail, which was set at $10,000 bond or $5,000 cash, was posted just before 4 a.m., according to the Department of Correction. After he was picked up Thursday by police — who nabbed him with the help of a penis pic — Thompson allegedly told investigators: “I like to create mayhem” and “I like to inconvenience people,” sources told the Post. On Friday, defense attorney Eliza Orlins claimed in a statement that her client was being “villainized” by the media, law enforcement and the MTA. “If this were January of next year, after the implementation of bail reform, our client—who has no criminal record and is charged with a non-violent offense—would be released on his … [Read more...] about Suspected subway menace is out on bail thanks to his mom

A Suffolk County day care owner was arrested Friday for sexually abusing a child, cops said. Jose Flores, co-owner of Little Sponges Family Day Care in Brentwood, allegedly abused a 7-year-old girl who attended the facility earlier this year. Authorities apparently found out about what happened and launched a Special Victims investigation, according to police officials. Flores, 56, was taken into custody around 1 p.m. Friday and Little Sponges was shut down, soon-after. Cops fear that he may have even more alleged victims. “The investigation is continuing,” said Suffolk County Police. “Detectives are asking anyone who may have been a victim of Flores to contact the Special Victims Section through Crime Stoppers.” Flores was charged with first-degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. He’s scheduled to be arraigned Saturday at First District Court in Central Islip. … [Read more...] about Day care owner arrested for sexually abusing 7-year-old

Two students went missing from city schools Friday morning, police said. see also Cops search for autistic student missing from Stuyvesant High School A 21-year-old student with autism was reported missing from Stuyvesant... Junior Parker, 21, who suffers from autism, slipped out of the Stuyvesant HS at about 8:45 a.m. while attending a program there, cops said. A flurry of police cars, helicopters and harbor units descended on the area in the effort to find him, sources said. At 9:15 a.m. Parker was spotted a half-mile away at a Target store on Greenwich Street — and was later seen inside the World Trade Center subway station headed to an E train, police sources said. Meanwhile, on Roosevelt Island, 15-year-old student Synphanie Mojica went missing at 9:30 a.m. from the Child School, which educates students with learning disabilities. Both were still missing Friday evening. … [Read more...] about Two students go missing from city schools

It’ll be nothing but sunny skies for the next three days in the Big Apple, with Memorial Day the best of the bunch, forecasters said Friday. “We’re going to luck out this weekend,” said AccuWeather senior meteorologist Dave Dombek, who predicted a gentle breeze, low humidity and a heavenly high of 86 degrees on Monday. “We’ve been pretty lucky this year.” After a month of lousy weather and washout weekends, Dombek said New Yorkers could look forward to perfect weather for barbecuing and hitting the beach. “Of the three summer holidays — Memorial Day, July 4 and Labor Day — I would say Memorial Day is probably the holiday most prone to getting nasty in the northeast where you get cool winds off the ocean and drizzle and dampness and ugly weather.” “If you look back at history, it runs the gamut from dry and pleasant to sunny and hot and thunderstorms and chilly. It’s a really changeable time of year.” … [Read more...] about New Yorkers luck out with perfect Memorial Day weekend weather